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G2 Esports Becomes The Champion of Red Bull Home Ground Tournament!

In the finals of Red Bull Home Ground tournament, G2 Esports and Team Liquid faced each other. At the end of the long-lasting tournament, G2 Esports became the champion with the final score of 3-2, and won £10.,000. Team Liquid, on the other hand, won the 2nd place prize of £5,000.

First Map: Icebox

G2 Esports

Mixwell – Jett
zeek – Reyna
ardiis – Sova
paTiTek – Sage
pyth – Viper

Team Liquid

soulcas – Raze
ScreaM – Jett
L1NK – Sage
ec1s – Viper
Kryptix – Killjoy

The first map was Icebox, chosen by Team Liquid. Mixwell put up a really successful Jett gameplay, but was unable to carry his team G2 Esports. As a result of its experience in the map, Team Liquid won the Icebox map in the overtimes by 14-12.

Team Liquid 14-12 G2 Esports

G2 Esports	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
Mixwell G2	306	29	/17/	3	+12	180.5	24%	4	2	+2
zeek G2	236	20	/23/	6	-3	148.5	14%	5	4	+1
ardiis G2	236	18	/24/	14	-6	161.9	15%	1	2	-1
paTiTek G2	142	12	/20/	7	-8	99.0	17%	1	4	-3
pyth G2	120	9	/19/	4	-10	84.5	31%	0	3	-3

Team Liquid	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
soulcas TL	304	29	/20/	5	+9	160.3	27%	7	5	+2
ScreaM TL	238	22	/19/	6	+3	160.8	19%	4	3	+1
L1NK TL	212	21	/16/	12	+5	123.2	28%	1	1	0
ec1s TL	192	16	/17/	6	-1	134.0	17%	3	1	+2
Kryptix TL	189	15	/16/	10	-1	137.6	20%	0	1	-1

Second Map: Split

G2 Esports

Mixwell – Jett
zeek – Sage
ardiis – Raze
paTiTek – Omen
pyth – Cypher

Team Liquid

soulcas – Raze
ScreaM – Jett
L1NK – Omen
ec1s – Breach
Kryptix – Killjoy

G2 Esports was the team to choose the second map, Split, and became the winner of the map. ScreaM’s performance was not enough for Team Liquid. G2 won the map in the overtime by 13-6 and as a result, the competition moved to a tie by 1-1.

Team Liquid 6-13 G2 Esports

G2 Esports	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
zeek G2	269	17	/8/	14	+9	181.5	13%	0	0	0
ardiis G2	221	14	/14/	5	0	136.7	13%	5	6	-1
Mixwell G2	206	14	/14/	4	0	119.8	19%	4	1	+3
paTiTek G2	204	16	/10/	2	+6	89.1	19%	1	1	0
pyth G2	134	10	/10/	4	0	78.6	47%	0	1	-1

Team Liquid	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
ScreaM TL	277	17	/13/	2	+4	182.6	29%	5	4	+1
soulcas TL	182	12	/15/	2	-3	126.4	16%	1	5	-4
Kryptix TL	182	12	/15/	2	-3	104.8	15%	2	0	+2
L1NK TL	154	8	/15/	5	-7	86.3	21%	1	1	0
ec1s TL	123	7	/13/	11	-6	57.8	18%	0	0	0

Third Map: Haven

G2 Esports

Mixwell – Jett
zeek – Raze
ardiis – Sova
paTiTek – Omen
pyth – Cypher

Team Liquid

soulcas – Skye
ScreaM – Jett
L1NK – Sage
ec1s – Omen
Kryptix – Killjoy

In the Haven map, chosen by Team Liquid, the team made us shocked by not picking Sova in the agent selection. However, soulcas’ perfect Skye game made Team Liquid the winner of the map by 13-11.

Team Liquid 13-11 G2 Esports

G2 Esports	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
zeek G2	286	22	/14/	6	+8	185.8	13%	3	4	-1
Mixwell G2	262	21	/18/	5	+3	166.9	28%	4	4	0
ardiis G2	159	9	/16/	9	-7	122.0	20%	2	3	-1
paTiTek G2	154	14	/17/	5	-3	83.0	32%	0	2	-2
pyth G2	122	11	/15/	5	-4	77.8	27%	1	1	0

Team Liquid	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
ScreaM TL	292	24	/17/	3	+7	175.8	43%	6	5	+1
soulcas TL	213	17	/12/	8	+5	118.0	36%	5	2	+3
Kryptix TL	194	17	/14/	3	+3	154.0	21%	0	0	0
L1NK TL	157	10	/18/	9	-8	100.7	26%	0	3	-3
ec1s TL	150	12	/16/	5	-4	125.5	14%	3	0	+3

Fourth Map: Bind

G2 Esports

Mixwell – Jett
zeek – Raze
ardiis – Sova
paTiTek – Brimstone
pyth – Cypher

Team Liquid

soulcas – Skye
ScreaM – Jett
L1NK – Raze
ec1s – Omen
Kryptix – Killjoy

G2 Esports chose the Bind map as its second map, and put up a beautiful fight that will be watched and studied for years. G2 won the map by 13-3 with its perfect game. As a result, the score was again equal by 2-2.

Team Liquid 3-13 G2 Esports

G2 Esports	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
ardiis G2	349	21	/10/	8	+11	219.4	23%	3	0	+3
paTiTek G2	274	18	/10/	5	+8	151.8	21%	1	2	-1
Mixwell G2	231	14	/10/	2	+4	142.2	21%	3	2	+1
zeek G2	231	12	/11/	5	+1	153.3	10%	1	1	0
pyth G2	163	10	/8/	4	+2	100.9	57%	1	2	-1

Team Liquid	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
soulcas TL	235	14	/14/	3	0	148.1	32%	1	1	0
ScreaM TL	211	11	/15/	3	-4	128.8	24%	1	1	0
L1NK TL	202	11	/15/	1	-4	116.9	7%	3	1	+2
Kryptix TL	155	7	/16/	5	-9	112.6	20%	1	4	-3
ec1s TL	152	6	/15/	5	-9	99.4	8%	1	2	-1

Fifth Map: Ascent

G2 Esports

Mixwell – Jett
zeek – Reyna
ardiis – Sova
paTiTek – Omen
pyth – Cypher

Team Liquid

soulcas – Sova
ScreaM – Jett
L1NK – Omen
ec1s – Breach
Kryptix – Killjoy

At this point of the competition, both teams had competed and won in the maps that they chose. Since the score was 2-2, the last map was the one to determine the winner. Even though both teams had played really well in the Ascent map, G2 Esports won the map by 13-10. As a result, G2 Esports became the 2021 champion of Red Bull Home Ground tournament with the final score of 3-2!

Team Liquid 10-13 G2 Esports

G2 Esports	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
Mixwell G2	263	21	/15/	7	+6	150.5	19%	5	3	+2
ardiis G2	227	19	/14/	12	+5	137.4	14%	1	2	-1
pyth G2	220	17	/15/	10	+2	116.3	17%	3	1	+2
paTiTek G2	206	16	/14/	9	+2	146.3	27%	0	2	-2
zeek G2	200	15	/16/	6	-1	133.8	22%	3	3	0

Team Liquid	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
ScreaM TL	267	22	/16/	4	+6	177.6	38%	5	5	0
L1NK TL	259	22	/18/	6	+4	148.6	32%	3	1	+2
Kryptix TL	182	12	/16/	9	-4	131.5	22%	3	0	+3
soulcas TL	152	11	/20/	9	-9	87.0	28%	0	4	-4
ec1s TL	97	7	/18/	9	-11	69.6	12%	0	2	-2

Tournament Prize Pool

1st| £10.000
2nd | £5.000
3rd – 4th | £2.500
5th – 8th | £1.000

As the Esport Times team, we congratulate the Red Bull Home Ground champion, G2 Esports! You can watch the match replays from the official Red Bull Twitch channel.

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